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Name
A10jo2S → C/2020 A3
Type
Comet (Long Period)
Status
Not Following
Source
Minor Planet Center
UTC date
------------ Any 1.0m ------------
LSC 1.0m - W85-87; (CTIO, Chile)
ELP 1.0m - V37,V39; (McDonald, Texas)
COJ 1.0m - Q63-64; (Siding Spring, Aust.)
CPT 1.0m - K91-93; (Sutherland, S. Africa)
TFN 1.0m - Z31,Z24; (Tenerife, Spain)
------------ Any 0.4m ------------
LSC 0.4m - W89,W79; (CTIO, Chile)
ELP 0.4m - V38; (McDonald, Texas)
OGG 0.4m - T03-04; (Maui, Hawaii)
COJ 0.4m - Q58-59; (Siding Spring, Aust.)
CPT 0.4m - L09; (Sutherland, S. Africa)
TFN 0.4m - Z17,Z21; (Tenerife, Spain)
------------ Any 2.0m ------------
FTS 2.0m - E10; (Siding Spring, Aust.) [MuSCAT4]
FTN 2.0m - F65; (Maui, Hawaii ) [MuSCAT3]
------------ Non LCO ------------
Mt John 1.8m - 474 (Mt John, NZ)
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Last Measurement: 2020-Jan-20 15:45
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59000.0
May 31, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg
146.77685
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
120.37735
Arg of perihelion (deg)
271.15908
Eccentricity
1.0244001
Perihelion distance (AU)
5.8394020
Epoch of perihelion
July 29, 2019, 12:12 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
58693.50875
Total Magnitude (M1)
7.7
Slope Parameter (k1)
10.0
Physical Parameters
K1
autocmod 2.9c
11
10.0
M1
from 63 observations, assumed slope, autocmod 2.9c
11
7.7
+/- 0.4
Diameter
Initial Diameter Guess using H=11.2 and albedo=0.14 (0.01 to 0.5)
MPC Default
20439.06 m
+56037.0 / -9624.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
35
Number of observations
36
Arc length (days)
17.00
Time since last observation (days)
769.10
Spectroscopy Details
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